mangia and Cookpad — what's different?
Cookpad is a social cooking community where users share recipes. mangia is your own ad-free, private collection — with weekly plan, list and export.
Feature by feature.
Cookpad is a social network around cooking — users share their recipes, others cook them. mangia is thought of differently: no community, but your own private collection from any source, ad-free, with plan, list and export.
| mangia | Cookpad | |
|---|---|---|
Guided weekly plan Enter your time per day — mangia automatically composes a varied week from your recipes. Swap and lock included. | Ja | Nein |
Weekly plan + list from ALL your recipes mangia plans with every recipe you've collected and combines the shopping list automatically. | Ja | Nein |
Large community with shared recipes Cookpad thrives on users sharing their recipes. With mangia you build your own collection — from web, photo, PDF. | Nein | Ja |
Your own recipes from any source (URL, photo, PDF) mangia automatically reads recipes from web pages, photos and PDFs and creates a clean recipe card. | Ja | Nein |
Imported recipes auto-categorised mangia detects dish type, cooking time and dietary style on import — no field to fill in | Ja | Nein |
Recommended sorting (seasonal + variety) What fits the season and adds variety floats to the top | Ja | Nein |
Export recipes (Markdown / CSV) With mangia you download your whole collection as a ZIP and take it with you. Your data is yours. | Ja | Nein |
Ad-free — no premium for the basics mangia is ad-free already for free. On Cookpad, some features like advanced search are reserved for the premium plan. | Ja | Nein |
Private collection instead of a social network In mangia your collection stays private. Cookpad is built for sharing and discovering in a community. | Ja | Nein |
Nutrition balance / plant diversity mangia shows you over the week how plant-rich and seasonal you eat — as a gentle nudge. | Ja | Nein |
Pricing Cookpad has a premium plan for advanced features. mangia is ad-free on the free plan; Pro unlocks more — pricing shown in-app. | Free + Pro | Free + Premium |
Last reviewed: June 2026
When Cookpad fits
When you want to be part of a cooking community — share your own recipes, discover others' everyday recipes, give feedback. As a social network around cooking, Cookpad is popular in many countries.
When mangia fits
When you'd rather have a private collection than a social network. Your recipes (Cookpad ones too) stay with you — auto-filed, sorted seasonally to the top, ad-free. With a weekly plan and list instead of a feed and likes.
Bringing Cookpad recipes into mangia
Copy the recipe link from cookpad.com, paste it under "Import recipe" → URL in mangia. mangia pulls the recipe out cleanly. Once it's in mangia, it belongs to your private collection and can be exported any time.
Comparison FAQ
Cookpad is free — why mangia?
Cookpad has a free tier, but some features like advanced search are in the premium plan. mangia is ad-free on the free plan and gives you a private collection plus weekly plan, list and export.
Are my recipes public in mangia like on Cookpad?
No. mangia is your private collection. What you save stays with you — only when you explicitly share a recipe does it get a public address.
Can I take my favourite Cookpad recipes with me?
Yes. You import them into mangia by URL from cookpad.com. After that they belong to your collection, can be edited and exported any time.
Does mangia have a community to discover?
mangia has a curated catalogue to get you started, but no social community in the Cookpad sense. The focus is on your own collection, planning and shopping.
Can I get my recipes back out of mangia?
Any time. One click exports your whole collection as a ZIP — recipes as Markdown, plans and lists as CSV. No lock-in.
Plan, list, recipe. One app.
Ad-free. No credit card. And your collection stays private.
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